diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
index fc4a4369..1126da4f 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE int utc_minutes_offset(const std::tm &tm)
     auto rv = ::GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation(&tzinfo);
 #endif
     if (rv == TIME_ZONE_ID_INVALID)
-        SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog::spdlog_ex("Failed getting timezone info. ", errno));
+        throw_spdlog_ex("Failed getting timezone info. ", errno);
 
     int offset = -tzinfo.Bias;
     if (tm.tm_isdst)
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void wstr_to_utf8buf(wstring_view_t wstr, memory_buf_t &target)
 {
     if (wstr.size() > static_cast<size_t>((std::numeric_limits<int>::max)()))
     {
-        SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog::spdlog_ex("UTF-16 string is too big to be converted to UTF-8"));
+        throw_spdlog_ex("UTF-16 string is too big to be converted to UTF-8");
     }
 
     int wstr_size = static_cast<int>(wstr.size());
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void wstr_to_utf8buf(wstring_view_t wstr, memory_buf_t &target)
         }
     }
 
-    SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog::spdlog_ex(fmt::format("WideCharToMultiByte failed. Last error: {}", ::GetLastError())));
+    throw_spdlog_ex(fmt::format("WideCharToMultiByte failed. Last error: {}", ::GetLastError()));
 }
 #endif // (defined(SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT) || defined(SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES)) && defined(_WIN32)
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client.h b/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client.h
index e2035a09..8d331b0d 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public:
         if (rv != 0)
         {
             auto msg = fmt::format("::getaddrinfo failed: {}", gai_strerror(rv));
-            SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog::spdlog_ex(msg));
+            throw_spdlog_ex(msg);
         }
 
         // Try each address until we successfully connect(2).
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public:
         ::freeaddrinfo(addrinfo_result);
         if (socket_ == -1)
         {
-            SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog::spdlog_ex("::connect failed", last_errno));
+            throw_spdlog_ex("::connect failed", last_errno);
         }
 
         // set TCP_NODELAY
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public:
             if (write_result < 0)
             {
                 close();
-                SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog::spdlog_ex("write(2) failed", errno));
+                throw_spdlog_ex("write(2) failed", errno);
             }
 
             if (write_result == 0) // (probably should not happen but in any case..)
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
index c30450ee..d715ebf3 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::rotate_()
             {
                 file_helper_.reopen(true); // truncate the log file anyway to prevent it to grow beyond its limit!
                 current_size_ = 0;
-                SPDLOG_THROW(
-                    spdlog_ex("rotating_file_sink: failed renaming " + filename_to_str(src) + " to " + filename_to_str(target), errno));
+                throw_spdlog_ex("rotating_file_sink: failed renaming " + filename_to_str(src) + " to " + filename_to_str(target), errno);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
index a0a14841..9610126a 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ struct eventlog
 
         default:
             // should be unreachable
-            SPDLOG_THROW(std::logic_error(fmt::format("Unsupported log level {}", msg.level)));
+            throw_spdlog_ex(fmt::format("Unsupported log level {}", msg.level));
         }
     }